Admission

Admission requirements for a Master’s degree

Applicants shall have obtained a bachelor’s degree in oral and dental medicine from one of the faculties of dentistry in Egypt or an equivalent certificate from the Supreme Council of Universities with the minimum grade of “Good” as an accumulated grade. They shall also have been awarded the grade “Good” in the subject of desired specialization. Students, who have only obtained diplomas in the grade “Good” in the accumulated grade and “Very good” in their subject of specialization, may be accepted to study in the university.

The same criteria shall apply to students wishing to join departments for an academic qualification.

Those wishing to study for a master’s in pathology and oral biology must have a diploma in oral medicine and periodontics

Those wishing to study for a master’s in biomaterials must have a diploma in prosthetic dentistry or operative dentistry, or endodontics.

Applicants shall have at least two years of experience since graduation, including the obligatory year of training (Internship)

The agreement of the employer to let the applicant join for studying the master’s degree

The acceptance of the specialty department board.

An application including all the documents mentioned therein on behalf of the dean of the faculty within the period from the first of July until the end of the year in which a student wishes to apply. No exceptions are accepted after this date. For foreign students, the applicable rules of the Supreme Council of Universities apply.

The student should not be registered in any grade of graduate studies.

A. Egyptian students:

Graduation certificate with the grades (Transcript)

Internship certificate

Birth certificate

Approval of employer. If the student is employed by the government, the approval shall be directed to the dean of the faculty or the vice dean for graduate studies. However, if the applicant is self-employed, he or she shall provide a certificate from a dental syndicate that he or she has been self-employed during the year of master’s study

Military status certificate

Three recent photographs

Certificate of English language (TOEFL) with a total score of 450. The validity period of the certificate is for two years and for the international certificate it is for six months

If the student is a graduate from a private university in Egypt or outside Egypt, he or she shall provide an equivalent certificate from the Supreme Council of Universities

A post graduate admission application from the Department of Graduate Studies.

B. International students:

Graduation certificate with the grades (Transcript certified by the embassy)

Internship certificate from government hospital (certified by the embassy)

Data form from the administration of foreign students in the Ministry of Higher Education

Embassy approval for joining the course

Birth certificate

Profession practicing certificate

Three recent personal photographs

Information form from the Ministry of Higher Education

Copy of passport

Certificate of English language (TOEFL) with a total of 450 (validity period of the certificate is two years and the International certificate is six months)

If the student is graduated from private university in or outside of Egypt, he shall provide an equivalent certificate from the Supreme Council of Universities

An application form for joining the graduate study program from the graduate study administration in the faculty